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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 1, 2015 a post on her campaign website:
"Ted Cruz tried to ban contraception" five times.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 30, 2015 a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"Here’s the simple and undeniable fact: The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 29, 2015 an interview on CNN:
"The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015
Arsalan Iftikhar
Arsalan Iftikhar
stated on November 22, 2015 a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations:
"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 17, 2015 an interview on Laura Ingraham's radio show:
The federal government is sending refugees to states with governors who are "Republicans, not to the Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 16, 2015 posts on the Internet:
In Japan, "permanent residency is not given to Muslims," the "propagation of Islam" is banned, "one cannot import a Koran published in the Arabic language," and "Muslims cannot even rent a house."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
The United States is "the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
"Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 10, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has "no congressional oversight."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 6, 2015 a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.:
"Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 10, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee:
"Obamacare isn't helping anyone."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:
"There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:
 Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:
"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 4, 2015 an edited Facebook post:
"Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
"Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015
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